Foreword / Lynn Arthur Steen |
Preface |
Introductory Essays |
Some Reasons for the Effectiveness of Fractals in Mathematics Education / Benoit B. Mandelbrot ; Michael Frame1.: |
Unsolved Problems and Still-Emerging Concepts in Fractal Geometry / 2.: |
Fractals, Graphics, and Mathematics Education / 3.: |
Mathematics and Society in the 20th Century / 4.: |
Classroom Experiences |
Teaching Fractals and Dynamical Systems at The Hotchkiss School / Melkana Brakalova ; David Coughlin5.: |
Reflecting on Wada Basins: Some Fractals with a Twist / Dane Camp6.: |
Learning and Teaching about Fractals / Donald M. Davis7.: |
The Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set: Periods of the Bulbs / Robert L. Devaney8.: |
Fractals--Energizing the Mathematics Classroom / Vicki Fegers ; Mary Beth Johnson9.: |
Other Chaos Games / Sandy Fillebrown10.: |
Creating and Teaching Undergraduate Courses and Seminars in Fractal Geometry: a Personal Experience / Michel Lapidus11.: |
Exploring Fractal Dimensions by Experiment / Ron Lewis12.: |
Fractal Themes at Every Level / Kenneth G. Monks13.: |
Art and Fractals: Artistic Explorations of Natural Self-Similarity / Brianna Murratti14.: |
Order and Chaos, Art and Magic: a First College Course in Quantitative Reasoning Based on Fractals and Chaos / David Peak15.: |
A Software Driven Undergraduate Fractals Course / Douglas C. Ravenel16.: |
A Final Word |
The Fractal Ring from Art to Art through Mathematics, Finance, and the Sciences / 17.: |
Appendices |
Panorama of Fractals and Their Uses. An Alphabetic Wordbook-Index / 18.: |
Reports of Some Field Experiences / 19.: |
Guide to Topics |
References |
About the Editors and Other Contributors |
Index |
Foreword / Lynn Arthur Steen |
Preface |
Introductory Essays |